Thoughts!

[indianajonez]

Hi Peeps,

Brought this at a carboot recently but am not convinced of it's authenticity, or at least i'm not convinced that it has not been embellished over time?

Seemingly the seller gave it a clean before bringing it to the carboot, hence the large clean areas on the head!!!

The head is made of a heavy hardwood while the shaft is made of a light wood.

The adornment looks to be made of various base metals to include brass screws and older pins.

Any comments welcome but please be nice lol

Indy

[Richard G]

A priest?
Regards
Richard

[kronckew]

How long is it? I suspect a priest would be shorter and as they are used to bash slimy fish, it'd be made so it could be more easily cleaned.

[drac2k]

Maybe an "Odd Fellows," piece or some other similar organization.

[David R]

"Trench Club"?

[kahnjar1]

If the head and shaft are of different woods and therefore joined at the "neck", I would have thought that use as a club would cause breakage easily.
Stu

[kronckew]

That depends on the joint. If the 'ball' had a socket drilled a decent distance into it that accepted the full diameter shaft and a bit of decent glue, it could be as strong as a solid piece. If it has a short skinny threaded rod holding the ball and haft together, it would have a short life if you hit anything with it.

The size info would be useful, if it's a three inch long item, could be a sewing bobbin. ;)